%0 Journal Article
%T Complex therapeutic approach in a child with syndromic morbid obesity and acute heart failure
%A Lenu£¿a Popa
%A £¿tefan H. Ro£¿ianu
%A Eva Kiss
%A Carmencita L. Dene£¿
%J Human & Veterinary Medicine
%D 2011
%I Bioflux Society
%X We report a case of a three years old child, a boy with acute heart failure associated at a rarecomplex genetic disorders characterized by severe obesity and hypotonia. The treatment consisted ofacute phase diuretics and cardiotonic drugs, followed by chronic angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE)inhibitor (Enalapril) and an aldosterone inhibitor. The child recovered within a few days and remainedclinically stable, with improvement of clinical, EKG and echocardiographic parameters at 2 and 6 - monthfollow-up.
%K child
%K severe obesity
%K acute heart failure
%K ACE-inhibitors
%U http://www.hvm.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2011.3.113-118.pdf